Poor Hilary

[Mtn.man]

They were broke.

That is all.

[SuperiorDG]

All good Democrats are.

[Great-Kazoo]

Best way to raise funds, from the common folk.

[Roger Ronas]

Yea they had to scrap money together for several mortgages for guest houses. LOL

[USMC_5-Echo]

Presidential Pension Information

The retirement benefits received by former Presidents include a pension, Secret Service protection, and reimbursements for staff, travel, mail, and office expenses. The Presidential pension is not a fixed amount, rather it matches the current salary of Cabinet members (or Executive Level I personnel), which is $191,300/year as of March, 2008 (but see "Salary Info" section above for advice on how to track increases in this figure).
from: http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/pensionFARQ.html

Oh my gawd how did they ever survive on such a horrible salary?!

[Ronin13]

I wish I was "Clinton Broke"... $800,000 is just a pipe dream, but $416,000 (what Billy made while in office) is much more attainable!

[SuperiorDG]

I wish I was "Clinton Broke"... $800,000 is just a pipe dream, but $416,000 (what Billy made while in office) is much more attainable!

So she wants to run our economy and they can't live on almost a million dollars a year?

[Ronin13]

So she wants to run our economy and they can't live on almost a million dollars a year?

Don't say that... the democrats will call you sexist! But yes, you make a really great point; can't come out ahead after your husband makes $416,000 a year, plus both of your hundreds of thousands PER speaking engagement after leaving the White House? You certainly should never, ever be president... of anything, even a community outreach program.

[USMC_5-Echo]

Don't forget that he is paid to show up and give speeches.

[KestrelBike]

Don't forget that he is paid to show up and give speeches.

Which somehow got them $100,000,000 in the 6 years since slick willy left office (dead broke, of course). Love that rat smell.